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The absolute best and worst-sounding CD you own ?

This could be a tricky one. Many audiophiles and music lovers will care more for an artist they like in mediocre sound than a artist they can't stand no matter how great the recording is. Still, I am interested in finding out what truly outstanding recordings there are out there. Of course there are listening biases and all that can be said about the equipment.

My personnal best: Harry Belafonte at Carnegie Hall

My worst: The standard cd issue ''YES-Fragile'' just plain bad no matter on what you play it on. OK so this is a ''rock'' cd and they are all supposed to sound bad right?, still, there is no excuse for this turkey.

Let's have your choice...
sonicbeauty

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curbach
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I am not prepared to name a "best" at this point, but I think I have a worst:

Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska" sounds absolutely abysmal.
curbach
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Hey now. Sound quality was the point of the thread and the point of my post. I am aware Nebraska was essentially a demo recording, and I am certainly not knocking the musical content. It is probably my favorite Springsteen album. But there is no question the cd sounds like $*&^. I prefer to listen to it on cassette actually (don't have a turntable these days).
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